First of all, the reason why the tournament is 750 points is because of the 90 minute game times restrictions. Even 1000 points starts to get pushed at this time frame.
My initial reaction to Escalation in the tournament was no.Yet, then it turned to a maybe, but then it became a no again:
Pros:
1. It keeps in line with the way that GW wants the game to be played.
2. Keeping in mind that this is a GW tournament, many of the players are more concerned about Theme and Fluff - so having Super Heavy themed armies would be cool.
3. It's self balancing, in a way. Being 750 points, you can really only include the Guard variants.
Cons:
1. It's a Super Heavy.
2. At 750 points, there isn't going to be much anti-tank.
3. Bringing a Hellhammer can wipe out an enemy 750 point force pretty quickly.
4. Only Guard players are going to have access to them.
That is about as far as I got before I decided to say no to them. At 1850 I'm okay with it, but at 750 points.....just can't do it.
Furthermore, I know that a lot of the guys down at the store love to bring themed armies. They follow the fluff and write army lists with that in mind. While that is super cool, all it would take is for a Hellhammer to turn up and mulch the beautiful Krieg Death Riders for a one sided game. No thank-you.